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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for their contributions in the House this afternoon. I will focus my remarks on economic issues, specifically the 2024 European semester, the Euro summit and the capital markets union. I will also speak about the enlargement process and progress in Ukraine, Moldova, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, migration and the deteriorating situation in Belarus. As part of the 2024...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased today to be able to contribute as part of these statements before the meetings of the European Council over the next two days. I do not intend to disparage the Taoiseach in any way, and I wish him well on his decision to resign as the leader of Fine Gael. An election will be held in the party to replace him. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, will be there at...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Deputy.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: If it was in a dancing competition, the Government would be put off the stage because it is not dancing to the tune of the Irish people. It is dancing to tunes from all over the world, except from our own good Irish cultural heritage and indeed-----

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Deputy. Tá an t-am caite.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I know. Tá a fhios agam. I ask the Government to please listen to the people and then to come back and act and serve the people of Ireland.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is imperative that the issue of Palestine dominates the meetings of the European Council tomorrow and Friday. Europe has been too weak and slow in showing its solidarity with Palestine and it is disappointing to see some countries still denying the fact that this genocide is taking place at the hands of Israel. This is despite the fact that reports show Israel is deliberately starving...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: I note that the inadequate response to the Israeli Government's actions in Gaza has given the Israeli Government the feeling it can do what it likes and act with impunity. We have seen this all along and we have seen it result in the death of 40,000 Palestinians, which is unbelievable. It is happening in front of our eyes on social media. Most recently we have heard the Israeli Government...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Chris Andrews: Last Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee, IOC, took the decision to bar athletes representing countries with responsibility for war and conflict but this seems to apply to only one war - the war in Ukraine. The IOC feels it has the high moral ground to decide which wars are right and just and which are wrong and illegal. As a result, the only countries to be barred from...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Cathal Berry: I agree with the agenda of the European Council meeting tomorrow and on Friday. It is appropriate that Ukraine is very prominent on the agenda, for obvious reasons. I welcome the Taoiseach's comments and his condemnation of the death of Alexei Navalny. It was completely unacceptable, particularly in advance of the Russian elections. It is very obvious what happened. I welcome the fact...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mark Ward: The EU waste management policy highlights the need to reduce waste and dumping, and to reach our recycling targets. I highlight the campaign led by Sinn Féin councillor and European election candidate Daithí Doolan to bring the bins back into public ownership. Monthly bin charges jumped by 48% last year. Customers are charged for brown bin collections. These price hikes are...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Can the Minister of State see the water in the bottle I am holding? It came out of the taps in Cork. People across Cork city have had brown, dirty, black and discoloured water for over a year. Would anyone let members of their family or their kids drink this water? The worst thing about it is that because it is not so black or brown, older people, children and vulnerable people drink it...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Bríd Smith: A Government Deputy said earlier that Ireland has been most staunch on the question of Gaza. That may be true, but it would not be very hard because Europe has been so poor on the issue. In fact, the image of Ursula von der Leyen running into the arms of Benjamin Netanyahu after 7 October and declaring her undying love for him and his regime will remain with all of us right-minded and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The credibility of the EU is at stake. There are more than 31,000 dead, 70% of them women or children, and 72,000 injured. These are just the figures we have at the minute – we do not know what they will increase to. António Guterres is right when he speaks about people facing catastrophic hunger, and that is even before the awaited ground invasion of Rafah. What would one...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Deputy.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Has there been any movement among those who would join us? We need answers.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy is well over time.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The EU needs to take action. It is failing miserably.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Gary Gannon: There was a time when I could proudly refer to the EU as a peace project. I can no longer refer to it in such terms. There has been a degree of apathy among some nations. I do not hold us accountable for that. We have stood out because the bar was so low. Given that what is happening has already met the standard of a genocide and a famine is approaching, how can this week’s...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to contribute on these pre-European Council statements. The Government has an important European meeting ahead of it. I wish to raise a few points at the outset. There are certain food products in the EU that have protected designation of origin status. The blaa bread roll from the Acting Chair's constituency is one product with such status. The...